The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-16
Welded AND APPYN0W
HOW WILBUR HAYGOOD wOOED
AND WON HIS BRIDE.


Romantic elimination of a Nine Years
Courtship Under Diff1culties-Mary
Rogers Leaves Her Home for Walk
and Does Not Return-A Quiet
Wedding in Old Trinity and a Ten
Mile Ride to Train.
There is an old, old adage which says that
the course of true love never did run smooth
and its truth is proved almost every day.
One of the romantic engagements that are
occurring every day in real life was brought
to happy termination yesterday. The
story begins years ago, when Master Wilbur
F. Havgood, a son of the famous divine,
Rev. Atticus G.. Haygood, fell in love with
littl, Mary Rogers in Covington, Ga,
where they then lived. During their
school days they were devoted
to each other, and they were inseparable
when the rural pedagogues had released
them from their books and states. The
sports of boys had no attraction for the true
little lover that he then was, and hop-ScOtch
nor the skipping rope could draw pretty
Mary from her sweetheart's side.
During these fond days no clouds cast
their shadows over the young lovers lives,
content in the pledges Of eternal devotion.
Nice years ago the honest young lover asked
the apple of his eye TO become his wife, and
though they were then too young to be
married, she promised that she would wed
him when they should reach maturer years
At last they concluded that they were ola
enough to marry, as both had reached the
age of "a. They consulted their parents to
gain their consent They had not con-
templated any disapproval, but in that they
were disappointed. Rev. Mr.. Haygood and
his estimable wife were greatly pleased with
the choice of their son, ana were anxious
that he should marry the girl of his choice
for she had grown into rare woman and
become the pride of the village. She was a
young lady of much beauty, She was a
woman, too, for rare intelligence, accom-
plished in all the arts that lend grace to
beauty, and withal a most womanly woman.
THE PARENTS SAID NO.
The consent of her parents to the union
was not so easily gained, and their desire
that their daughter should not wed then
was source of no little suffering to her de-
voted lover 1t was thought best that they
should be separated for time, so he went
to the North and began course of musical
studies. Being by nature G. lus, he COM
pleted his course with horors, of which he is
justly proud He ;oturned to the South
most skillful musician, and with all his
lover dib anu Tue peiSudSlOH HIS nluSlc
could command, he again laid siege to the
Rogers castle to win his BRIDE Her parents
still withheld their consent, however, but
be had waited long enough.
He pressed his suit with all his devotion,
and his sweetheart's parents had difficult
time withstani'ng the siege, for he was
aided not only b. tie one 10 loved, but by
his own parents, who could wish nothing
better for theit s-n than that he should WIN
the bride he stove for. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers were obl"cate, and not only did
they oppose the ma Ftage, but they did all
they could to keep the lovers apart.
This they found impossible, and
they therefore determined TO give
up their home i'll Covlngton and
move to Savannah, think,.f that they
could succeed better by placing between
their daughter and her admirer few miles,
They arrived here last night and settled
down in cozy house in the southern part
of the city. They felt secure but only
because they did not know that the very
reasons which they thought would cause an
effectual separation had only made their
daughters lover the more determined. He
consulted his parents and they urged
him not to give up his suit. The father
went even SO far as to accompany
his son to Atlanta and call upon Rev j. n
Lee, prominent divine of that city, who,
by the way, was prominently connected
with DR.. Hawthorne in his late controversy,
and request him to accompany the young
man to this city to assist him in his roman
tic undertaking and perform the marriage
ceremony in case his son should succeed in
drawing his love from without the range
of her parents vigilant eyes.
CLAIMED HIS BRIDE
DR.. Lee and the prospective bridegroom
arrived in t't' city yesterday morning and
drove at ones to the Pulaski House where
they remained quite close during the morn
ing. One OF the grooms friends was
notified, an. about - o'clock the
door bell of the Rogers mansion an
nounced a visitor Miss Mary received the
young gentleman who had called to see
her, and in a few minutes returned to
where her mother was, looking as
calm as If that visitor had not announced
that her lover was waiting to lead her to the
altar within the next two hours. About
o'clock she r-t on her hat and started out
tor walk in the park. She walked through
the park to the Georgia Historical Society
building. As She stepped through the
gate handsome young man
alighted from carriage which had been
standing on the opposite side of the street
for some time, and while there was no APP
parent sign of recognition between the two,
save that which flashes like the electric
spark between 10 er eyes, she directed her
steps toward the )a,-age, but instead of
passing it she stepped quickly in and in an
an instant Wilbur Haygood was beside her
ITO Trinity church," he said to the
driver, leaning his head out of the window.
and his directions were promptly obeyed.
When they arrived at the church the
doors were open and they entered at once.
DIR. Lee was awaiting them, and as quickly
as possible the ceremony was performed
and the young people declared man and
wife. When they left the church they re-
entered the carriage and drove away. About
O'clock last night the driver of the car
rsage returned and said that he left the
happy pair at station No. on the Charles
ton and Savannah railway and that is the
last heard of them.
The bride and groom have many friends
in their old nome, and Mr.. Haygood is well
known in Savannah, and all their friends
wish them a most happy and long life
together after their most romantic consum-
nation of long years of devotion.